Boarding order unenforced: upgrade devalued.
Aug 21, 2014, 10:34 am
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Aug 21, 2014, 11:17 am
#32
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Its not reasoning, its human nature. If there are no consequences for going out of line some people will ignore protocol and go for theirs.
Aug 21, 2014, 12:53 pm
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I don't know, personally I don't adhere to societal norms of fairness simply out of fear that someone is going to attempt to enforce them against me (nor do I try to get away with things that I wouldn't appreciate someone else doing just because I can).
Aug 21, 2014, 1:24 pm
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You shouldn't. I don't see why people are responding to that one post mentioning about how they do things the right way. I wasn't saying anybody here does things wrong, nor am I advocating for people to break the rules. I was simply pointing out that some people will try and skirt by a rule if they know it won't be enforced.
Aug 22, 2014, 6:44 am
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Aug 22, 2014, 6:54 am
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Actually, it is typically a very orderly boarding process. Whether it is a fair process depends on whether a couple of specific seats are important to you. If those seats are important to you, then an airline with reserved seats probably would be a better fit for you.
Aug 22, 2014, 7:19 am
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Early boarding should never be a shot in dark for those who earn it.
Aug 22, 2014, 7:22 am
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Its such a mixed bag. On one hand preboards don't bother me because they can't sit in the exit row and that seems uniformly enforced. But on a flight with a lot of thrus where the exit rows are taken, the bulkheads are next best and those are often filled by preboarders...
Aug 22, 2014, 7:52 am
#42
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Let those 5 feet and shorter preboard because they'll need a little extra time reaching the overhead bin and commonly request a boost from the FA.
Pregnant women need an aisle seat. They should preboard.
Also, any passenger named Duff.
Pregnant women need an aisle seat. They should preboard.
Also, any passenger named Duff.
Aug 22, 2014, 8:10 am
#43
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What alternatives do you suggest other than taking your business elsewhere ( assuming you have any choices for your city pairs ).
Aug 22, 2014, 9:46 am
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Of course the boarding order should be properly enforced. But it isn't. That is clear and just as clearly Southwest isn't going to change. I should probably just ignore these threads which continue endlessly, but I seem to get drawn in.
What alternatives do you suggest other than taking your business elsewhere ( assuming you have any choices for your city pairs ).
What alternatives do you suggest other than taking your business elsewhere ( assuming you have any choices for your city pairs ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Dc-J_mD7c
